Hillbilly Elegy
Fall 2019
Columbia University, GSAPP
Critics / Jimenez Lai (Bureau Spectacular), Miku Dixit (Kamara Projects)
Case study of Hillbilly Elegy, J. D. Vance
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis, is a memoir by J. D. Vance. The book illustrates his life from being born into a below poverty line “hillbilly” family in Middletown Ohio to his triumphant rise through adversity as he graduated Yale with a law degree and went onto securing a mainstream career in law. The memoir produces pristine imagery of domestic and personal issues, triumphs, and loss through quotidian anecdotes and quotes. It unmasks the realities of domestic anonymity, atrocity, banality, and relatability.
This book has been selected as a case study to understand the high-res domesticity in small towns and cities. The result is a textual mapping of domestic issues, protagonists [and antagonists], architecture, objects, conditions, and trajectories.
These highlighted issues along with first-hand conversations, observations in, and readings of Cheyenne become the database to produce high-res domestic fables of Cheyenne Free State.
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And it Rained All Night Long
Thome Yorke, The Erase, 2006
Optimistic
Radiohead, Kid A, 2000
A Punchup at a Wedding
Radiohead, Hail To The Thief, 2003
Man of War
Radiohead, OK Not OK, 2017
We Suck Young Blood
Radiohead, Hail To The Thief, 2003
The Numbers
Radiohead, A Moon Shaped Pool, 2016
No Surprises
Radiohead, OK Computer, 1997
The Tourist
Radiohead, OK Computer, 1997
Thome Yorke, The Erase, 2006
Optimistic
Radiohead, Kid A, 2000
A Punchup at a Wedding
Radiohead, Hail To The Thief, 2003
Man of War
Radiohead, OK Not OK, 2017
We Suck Young Blood
Radiohead, Hail To The Thief, 2003
The Numbers
Radiohead, A Moon Shaped Pool, 2016
No Surprises
Radiohead, OK Computer, 1997
The Tourist
Radiohead, OK Computer, 1997
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All I Need
Radiohead, In Rainbows, 2007
Fitter Happier
Radiohead, OK Computer, 1997
Weird Fishes / Arpeggi
Radiohead, In Rainbows, 2007
Where I End You Begin
Radiohead, Hail To The Thief, 2003
Nice Dream
Radiohead, The Bends, 1995
House of Cards
Radiohead, In Rainbows, 2007
Karma Police
Radiohead, OK Computer, 1997
Everything In Its Right Place
Radiohead, Kid A, 2000
Radiohead, In Rainbows, 2007
Fitter Happier
Radiohead, OK Computer, 1997
Weird Fishes / Arpeggi
Radiohead, In Rainbows, 2007
Where I End You Begin
Radiohead, Hail To The Thief, 2003
Nice Dream
Radiohead, The Bends, 1995
House of Cards
Radiohead, In Rainbows, 2007
Karma Police
Radiohead, OK Computer, 1997
Everything In Its Right Place
Radiohead, Kid A, 2000
playlist / Hillbilly Elegy, white noise playlist
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